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Girlfriends Segment:

1. Sew Crafty, the super-hip sewing lounge in the Heights. You can come borrow the machines in their lounge, or book a group sewing class - basics of sewing, embroidery, make a cute tote bag, etc. www.sewcraftyhouston.com

November that focus on making your own holiday gifts and decor called Handmade Holidays. Once a month, you come "sew for a cause." They also have regular Crafty Cocktail happy hours where you learn a quick and easy craft for $20.

2. Gravitas restaurant - Dinner and a Chick Flick. Catch a movie in their upstairs private room, your ticket price includes two courses of food pairings that correspond w/ the movie in some way. Every Tues. 7:30. Next week, Oct. 14, is everyone’s fave “Bridget Jones Diary.” $20

3. Discovery Green – free yoga and pilates in the park.

Yoga in the Park, Saturdays, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Pilates in the Park, Tuesdays, 6 - 7 p.m. Free Admission

Houston Ballet Lunchtime Concert on Tuesday, October 14, 12 Noon, Free Admission

They also offer a free weekly boot camp and free weekly Tai Chi. They have images for all of these – which do you want?

4. Stages Theater: Always...Patsy Cline extended through Nov. 9

In honor of Stages' 30th birthday, they’re reviving the single most requested production in our history—Stages' own beloved “Always...Patsy Cline.” Based on a true story, this tribute to the legendary country music singer and her friendship with devoted Houston fan Louise Seger is rich with down-home country humor and includes 27 of Cline's unforgettable hit songs. The theater is tiny and intimate – there’s no other live theater experience like it!

5. More Than You Can Imagine The upscale consignment shop used to have regular girls night out events, but now they offer them to people who book them for a group. Celebrate a birthday, or just celebrate a night without the boys in 3,000 square feet of a girly wonderland. They’ll provide the food, drinks, music, valet parking. Have a ball trying on clothes and shopping in privacy.

6. Texas Women’s Conference Over 6,000 women from across the state are expected to join First Lady of Texas Anita Perry for an all-day conference featuring keynote addresses from eBay CEO Meg Whitman and others. This is the first time in 8 years it’s in Houston, always been Austin the past. Tickets are $100, we’re giving away free ones at HoustonTidbits.com.

7. Breast Cancer Awareness month / Treat yourself! Proceeds benefit research – Crave cupcakes is doing pink ribbon cupcakes, Alden Hotel is selling Tickled Pink martinis.

8. Bliss Nail Spa – brand new salon. They doing SPA parties for groups of girls. They have a special “throne” in a private room for small groups of women to book manis/pedis together.

9. The Four Seasons restaurant Quattro has put together an interactive Thursday Night Farmer's Market dinner where up to 12 people can reserve a spot at the chef's table at Quattro. Anywhere from 4 to 12 will make homemade pasta with the Executive Chef. While the pasta is cooking, the group walks over with the chef to the Thursday Farmer's Market at Discovery Green to pick out locally grown organic sides and salads for dinner. The group comes back and finishes making the pasta and fresh salads.

$125 per person...the interactive dinner is three courses paired with wines with Chef guiding you through the whole meal and taking you over to market. The price includes the food purchased at the market, but does not include tax and grat. The guests will be able to take part in the production of their meal...perhaps making their ravioli, building their own salads and preparing their own tiramisu.

Time: Dinner begins at 5:30pm

Courses: Three courses paired with wines; chef to set menu

HoustonTidbits.com is giving away 4 free spots to this dinner to a group of girlfriends – just visit the site to find out more!